There really isn't a good, automated way to track something like this. Reason being I think is because the built in merge functionality's main purpose appears to be around handling duplicate records. You could probably hook into the merge event
with some custom coding using the
SDK and update some properties on the records but you would need a developer for something like that.
A suggestion on keeping track of Acquistion or Merger might be create a "Connection" for each of these types and then connect the new merged record with the now inactive record
with the proper type.
To track the name changes - you would need to enable auditing on your system and then enable it in the Account entity. On a field by field basis you can turn auditing on or off. You would then be able to see before and after values under the Auditing link
in the left navigation on the record.
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